I took this photo in Victoria and the date has been labeled in the right corner. This mushroom attracted me because of its bright color. Then I wondered that whether it was a poisonous mushroom or a non-poisonous one. I heard that the more poison a mushroom has, the brighter its color will be.
Since I'm not too sure, I figured I’d do some research on that. I found something quite interesting on how to identify whether a mushroom is poisonous or not. And by the way I got to know that eating a poisonous mushroom will result in throw up, diarrhea, malaise, difficult breathing, mental disabilities, or even death.
Here are some ways to identify mushrooms: firstly, the living environment, normal mushrooms grow on clean grass or trees that give mushrooms natural good smells whereas the poisonous mushrooms grow in dirty, dark places and have stink smells. Secondly, nonpoisonous mushrooms have a smooth “head”, poisonous ones have “heads” with shape of “凸”. Thirdly, although the saying that the brighter the color is the more poison the mushroom has has not been scientifically proved, practically, it’s true as well.
That's a gorgeous picture of the Fly Agaric mushroom Amanita muscaria. It can be difficult to identify a mushroom from a photograph, but this species is very distinct. Telling whether a mushroom is poisonous or not can not be done by a single attribute, such as shape or color. The only way to be sure is to identify the mushroom completely. There are no shortcuts, but the more involved studies are very rewarding!
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